Clinical applications of levofloxacin for severe infections.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This phase II study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the chemotherapy combination of gemcitabine and vinorelbine in taxane-pretreated Japanese metastatic breast cancer patients. METHODS:In this multicenter, phase II, single-arm study, patients with recurrent or metastatic HER2-negative b...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Yamamura J,Masuda N,Yamamoto D,Tsuyuki S,Yamaguchi M,Tanaka S,Tsurutani J,Tokunaga S,Yoshidome K,Mizutani M,Aono T,Ooe A,Tanino H,Matsunami N,Yasojima H,Nakayama T,Nishida Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular/extracellular (C/E) concentration ratio of teicoplanin in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) increased rapidly with time (C/E 60 +/- 13 at 20 min). The C/E ratio was time- and concentration-dependent. At 20 min and an initial concentration of 75 +/- 16 micrograms/ml the cellular drug concentration was 4,...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Maderazo EG,Breaux SP,Woronick CL,Quintiliani R,Nightingale CH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary excretion of cefaclor, a new orally active cephalosporin, was studied in vitro using an isolated rabbit liver preparation perfused for 3 h (n = 5). Under these conditions, bile recovery amounted to 2.3% of the cefaclor dose added to the circulating blood (10 mg). In humans, after oral administration of a 1-gra...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Brogard JM,Pinget M,Comte F,Adloff M,Lavillaureix J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single oral dose of an antimicrobial agent is as effective as a conventional 3-day course for the treatment of uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections. A case history of a young woman with recurrent cystitis is presented to demonstrate this approach to the management of a common clinical problem. The place of a...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bailey RR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biliary excretion of tetroxoprim (TXP) was studied in 10 patients with T-tube drainage. A mean biliary peak of 32.56 +/- 7.69 micrograms/ml was observed 2-3 h after a single oral dose of 200 mg. The biliary elimination rate constant (kb) of TXP was found to be 0;056 (h-1), indicating a longer elimination from the ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Vergin H,Luber P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen quinolone antibacterial agents were investigated as to their ability to inhibit Micrococcus luteus DNA gyrase and cell growth, and compared to those of novobiocin and coumermycin. Among the quinolones tested, the most active were found to be CI-934 and ciprofloxacin, which inhibited gyrase full supercoiling a...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Fu KP,Grace ME,McCloud SJ,Gregory FJ,Hung PP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of 23 isolates of opportunistic fungi, Aspergillus fumigatus (5), A. flavus (5), A. niger (5), Pseudallescheria boydii (5), Alternaria alternata (2) and Xylohypha bantiana (1), was investigated against fluconazole and itraconazole, using Sabouraud's dextrose broth (SD) and a high-resolution (HR) medium...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Sekhon AS,Padhye AA,Garg AK,Hamir Z

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choice of antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of bacteremia is often empirical and based on the knowledge of susceptibility profiles of the most common bacteria. We analyzed blood culture isolates from a teaching hospital for 13 years prospectively. This study examined the susceptibility profiles of 6,616 gram...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ling TK,Liu EY,Cheng AF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Considering the potentials of gatifloxacin and moxifloxacin in the treatment of tuberculosis, the present study was aimed to define resistance to both these drugs. METHODS:Fifty Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, consisting of 30 ofloxacin-susceptible and 20 ofloxacin-resistant strains, were tested for th...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Somasundaram S,Paramasivan NC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the predominance of gram-positive pathogens in neutropenic cancer patients, newer generation quinolones with an expanded gram-positive spectrum and enhanced potency, may have a role to play for prophylaxis and/or empiric therapy in such patients. The in vitro activity of gatifloxacin was compared with that of...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rolston KV,Vaziri I,Frisbee-Hume S,Streeter H,LeBlanc B

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study (part of the global TEST program), the in vitro activity of tigecycline, a member of a new class of antimicrobial agents, the glycylcyclines, against clinical isolates collected in Italy was evaluated. METHODS:A total of 200 clinical isolates were collected and identified in our institution du...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Roveta S,Marchese A,Debbia EA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, rational dosing guidelines for amphotericin B-deoxycholate (AmB) are proposed for children. AmB steady-state trough concentrations (C(ss,trough)) and plasma creatinine concentrations (C(creat)) were measured in 83 children (age: 10 months to 18 years) receiving prophylactic AmB therapy (1 mg/kg/day). Ma...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Nath CE,McLachlan AJ,Shaw PJ,Coakley JC,Earl JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to examine the efficacy and compliance of S-1 for the patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer. METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients with peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer were treated with S-1. Their survival was compared with that of the historical control group ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ishizone S,Maruta F,Saito H,Koide N,Sugiyama A,Nakayama J,Miyagawa S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One patient of sepsis by P. aeruginosa after the implanting of a ventriculoatrial valve following extirpation of an expansive intracranial process is studied. During the evolution of the septic process there appeared as associated nephrotic syndrome with histologic lesions corresponding to an acute exudative glomerula...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rodriguéz-Gironés M,Genovés A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gametocytocidal activity of artemisinin (qinghaosu) has been demonstrated against simian malaria parasite Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Colony-bred Anopheles stephensi were allowed to feed on gametocyte-carrying rhesus monkeys and the mosquito infectivity rate and oocyst count of the infected mosquito gut were recorded on d...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dutta GP,Bajpai R,Vishwakarma RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of tinidazole on several ciliates (Stylonychia muscorum, Stylonychia mytilus, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Vorticella companula) has been studied. There is a very pronounced difference in sensitivity against this drug between the free-living ciliates here investigated and certain parasitic protozoa. A high resis...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Alonso P

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial kinetics of modified-release clarithromycin (CLA) and azithromycin (AZI) against respiratory tract pathogens were compared in relation to their pharmacokinetic profile. The study was carried out in three strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae, group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes, Moraxella catarrh...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Scaglione F,Demartini G,Dugnani S,Fraschini F

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rifampicin and rifapentine were used in the treatment of Listeria monocytogenes infections in normal mice and congenitally athymic (nude) mice. Results were compared with untreated controls and with the results obtained from a previous study of ampicillin in which this model was used. Low doses of rifampicin or rifape...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Bakker-Woudenberg IA,de Bos P,Michel MF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective clinical evaluation to assess the efficacy of a 1-gram once-daily regimen of intravenously administered ceftriaxone in the treatment of a variety of bacterial infections. Of the 250 patients studied, 167 had infections of the lower respiratory tract, approximately 70% of which were diagnos...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Brown R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Species-level identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is important in making decisions about the necessity and choice of antimicrobial treatment. The reason is predictable clinical significance and the susceptibility profile of specific NTM species. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionizatio...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Mareković I,Bošnjak Z,Jakopović M,Boras Z,Janković M,Popović-Grle S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, the in vitro antimicrobial activity and spectrum of new dimeric compounds derived from the cyanobacterial alkaloid nostocarboline were investigated. The mechanism of action and selectivity to bacteria were studied and compared to the cationic antiseptic chlorhexidine. METHODS:Minimal inhibito...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Locher HH,Ritz D,Pfaff P,Gaertner M,Knezevic A,Sabato D,Schroeder S,Barbaras D,Gademann K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the bactericidal activities of ofloxacin and its optically active derivative, DR-3355, against non-growing cells of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are described. E. coli and P. aeruginosa were killed rapidly by ofloxacin and DR-3355. After treatment with these quinolones, the resting cells o...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Tanaka M,Otsuki M,Nishino T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefpirome and six other antimicrobial agents were tested against 884 blood culture isolates from cancer patients. Cefpirome was highly active against aerobic gram-negative bacilli including Acinetobacter spp., and the Enterobacteriaceae. Only imipenem was more active than cefpirome against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Cefp...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Rolston K,Alvarez ME,Hoy JF,LeBlanc B,Ho DH,Bodey GP

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After intravenous bolus injection of single doses of 25, 50, 75 and 100 mg of ofloxacin (HOE 280) to 34 healthy male volunteers, concentrations of unchanged drug were estimated at various times in serum and urine over 32 and 48 h. Ofloxacin concentrations were determined using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Verho M,Korn A,Badian M,Malerczyk V,Waldhäusl W

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic disposition of 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) was studied in 7 patients with acute renal failure undergoing continuous hemofiltration (CH). CH was performed with a high-flux membrane and the average filtration rate (FR) was 16.3 ml/min. Following an intravenous loading dose of 2,500 mg, 5-FC concentration...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ittel TH,Legler UF,Polak A,Glöckner WM,Sieberth HG

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Itraconazole has emerged as an important new oral agent in the treatment of systemic fungal infections. This paper summarizes the data available on its use in aspergillosis, cryptococcosis and histoplasmosis, compiled in the United States with particular attention to the immunocompromised host. Data have been accrued ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Hostetler JS,Denning DW,Stevens DA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of resistance patterns of strains of bacteria to antibiotics in different regions of a country and, if possible, comparing them at international level appears to be a useful exercise. The patterns of resistance during 1968-71 revealed an increasing resistance for most antibiotics with an unexpected increase ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Driessen JH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the biophotometer with ticarcillin no persistent bactericidal effect was found against Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 10490. After addition of 1.2 microgram/ml gentamicin an increase of multiplication of bacteria was observed, but not after 1.2 microgram/ml tobramycin. With 6.2 microgram/ml tobramycin bactericidal ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ullmann U

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics and antibacterial efficacy of mezlocillin, cefotaxime, cefoperazone and the mezlocillin/cefalosporin combinations, respectively, were studied by adopting the granuloma pouch model in rats. Exudate concentrations of mezlocillin were higher after combined i.v. injection with a cefalosporin as determ...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Dalhoff A,Gehl AE,Gau W,Lode H

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CPC10997 was found to be effective in vitro as an antiandrogen without effects on either the estrogen or the progesterone receptors in carcinomas of the breast, ovary and prostate as well as in malignant melanomas. Using the clonogenic assay of Salmon et al. [Cancer Treat. Rep. 65: 1-12, 1981], CPC10997 was found to b...

journal_title：Chemotherapy

authors： Ford LC,Kasha W,Chang NH,DeLange RJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00